Yannick Noah was the last Frenchman to win the French Open men’s singles title. That was in 1983. This past summer, that long streak was in jeopardy as Parisian Gaël Monfils advanced to the quarterfinals. His opponent at Roland Garros would be the great Roger Federer on the afternoon of
Yesterday at The Premier Business Leadership Series, I had the tremendous pleasure of attending the panel debate Balancing Intuition and Analytics in Decision Making. The panelists were: Malcolm Gladwell - Best-selling author of Outliers: The Story of Success, Blink and The Tipping Point; Tom Davenport - Best-selling author of Competing
Is it even possible to reduce fraud? This pointed question was asked Tuesday at the SAS Media Day fraud panel. After all, today’s fraudsters are smart, global, networked and hi-tech. As soon as you catch one, another steps in. And once you put a system in place to combat a
Decision management expert James Taylor wins the prize for most prolific blogger from The Series. James gives us thorough summaries of great presentations on: Balancing Intuition and Analytics in Decision Making. Analytics & Innovation, Analytics in the Executive Suite. SAS Media Day customer panels on fraud detection. and optimization. By
Analytics maven (and SAS product marketing manager) Tammi Kay George hosted the panel on optimization that Anne-Lindsay Beall wrote about from Monday’s international SAS Media Day, which preceded The Series in Las Vegas (as it does every year). If you read TK's blog, you know that Tammi Kay's insights on
One of my favorite opportunities at business conferences hosted by SAS, like The Premier Business Leadership Series, is when I get to take a break from the crowds and spend some one-on-one time with a customer. We escape into a quiet room to discuss, on video, their trials and tribulations
I’m jumping in here to keep the blog balls in the air. With The Premiere Business Leadership Series in Las Vegas in full swing, there’s so much great material to share. We’ve tasked communication team members at the event with capturing and sharing as much of the great insights, advice
Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Blink, and Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and author of Competing on Analytics, engaged this morning in a debate on a live Webcast onsite at The Premier Business Leadership Series at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. The theme of the debate is analytics vs. instinct:
More than you think, as reporters at SAS Media Day discovered this week when they attended a panel featuring Bill Nowicki, Director of Ticket Operations for the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, and Bobby Hull, Corporate Systems Analyst for textiles giant BGF. While the aim of the two organizations is
After attending the "Analytics in the Executive Suite" panel at The Premier Business Leadership Series in Las Vegas, I came away with solid advice for companies looking to grow an analytics-based culture. Guidance came from representatives of companies with a strong analytics infrastructure: Eric Webster, State Farm Insurance; Barbara Pindar,
